Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-05-10

ten from Fargo last evening and Capt,
Maratta will locate permanently in
Yankton.
The meeting of company E, which
was called for this evening has been
postponed until Friday evening, By
order of the captain commanding.
Ground is soon to be broken on north
Mulberry street, for the erectioa of q
residence bnilding which will be oocupi-
ed by r. w. Burns and family when
completed.
Beds at either of the first class hotels
are decidedly at a premium. The largest
number Of attorneys ever assembled in
Dakota may o be found IN Ysnkton.
And they sleep in beds at night.
John Fogerty has purchased the Farr
block. two doors east of the Press and
Dakotalan block, and next winter will
g. it up for the manufacture of harness
for the wholesale trade.
The Norwegian minister, Rev, J. T..
Welo, Of Chicago, who has accepted q
call from the Scandinavian Evangelical
Lutheran congregation of this place,
arrived last Saturday and will preach in
the Norwegian church, oorner Capitol
and Seventh streets, on Wednesday
evening, May 18th at 7:40 O'Clock and
Sunday May 10Th at 1880 a. m.
P.J. Nyberg is waiting for the retu,n
from Oalifornis OF q deed to the fifty feet
east Of the Farr block. As soon as it is
received he will begin work on a two
story brick to cover the two lots, which
will be used as q machinery warehouse
andIa carriage factory. Third street, be-
tween Capitol and Mulberry, is destined
to become a manufacturing center.
The insurance men of Yankton have
risen up in arms against the recent action
of the governor IN insuring all the pub
lie buildings of Dakota in n agency at
Bismarck and a protest against such
action has been sent to the home office
OF every insurance company which is
represented in Dakota and also to all
the agents ana members of the boards of
underwriters in the country.
Colonel Miller, of the pension depart
ment, who has been visiting in Yankton
with Colonel Eass was SO favorably i'm
pressed with Yankton that he invested
S.. 900 in q quarter section of land sdioip-
ing the old Hayward farm, occupied by
Hugh Chen. The quarter section was
purchased from A. F. Hayward and was
the last of his possessions in this section.
1t Is a valuable piece of property and
some day the city will extend ont to it.
Last fall VIM. Blatt caused an ice
house to be erected IN First street, near
Walnut street, and during the winter he
had it filled with ice. Recently Mr..
Blatt made the discovery that the ice
which had been well packed was rapidly
melting and without seeming good
cause. This unusual performance OF the
ice is credited to the heat of the winds
which roll up from the river end have
full sweep at the ice house. The levee is
Q hot place.
General Taylor states that q surveying
party is locating Q permanent railroad
line from Watertown southwest and is
now working near DeSmet. Last week
they informed Huron parties that their
destination was Yankton. This is the
same party which ran q preliminary line
| from Yankton up the Jim a few weeks
ago. They are in the employ of the
Manitoba company. If all this is true
the Manitoba designs crossing both its
WATERFOWL line and its Sioux Falls line
at Yankton. One bridge will do for
both.
An eastward extension Of the Third
street water main vii! be asked OF the
city council. P. j. Nyberg, 0. Evenson,
| Wyman & Ward, Fred Donaldson and
Sam Folyer are oil desirious of putting
in water motors to drive light machin-
cry and if the extension is made they
will take the water for that purpose.
When John Fogerty fits up his harness
mauulhCtOTs al VIC hEf oAoCh lusb puE'
chased by him he will require the use Of
e motor. These six customers would
pay the the city about five hundred dol.
lars per year for water now going te
waste.
Operations at the pressed brick COM
pany's yards have been suspended to-
day on account Of q break IN the machin
cry in the engine room. A bolt which
CONNECTS the piston rod with the engine
crank snapped apart thus allowing tn,
rod to fly back with such force that tn.
cylinder head was blown out. The steam
gauge showed about eighty.five poundl
OF steam and there was considerable
racket and q sudden scattering among
the men when the break occurred and
cool headed outsider was obliged t.
close up the throttle. No one was hur
but the yards will be quiet until
new cylinder head is constructed.
Watches, diamonds, silver
goods and spectacles, at the
ljewelry store of